The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-08
CAUGHT INA QUICNsAND.
Fearful and Thrilling Experiences of IA
Hunter who Faced Death.

From the st. Louis Republican.
Otto and Ems Bertrand, two y0ungmen of Caron-
delet, put their shotguus on their shoulders last
Wednesday morning about daybreak, sluug their
game bags at their sides, and after eating n hasty
breakfast IN their parents house, No. G,32f South
Broadway started Off TO spend three DAYS duck
hunting among the lakes Of the American bottom on
the other side of the river. They had skill moored
their house and crossed the river in It, hiding
the boat in a little cove between CahokIn
and East Carondelet, when they hal reached
the other side and were starting for the lakes They
had fair luck hunting and started home yesterday
morning. When they got to Cahokia Ernst who
had the heaviest bag Of ducks told Otto that he
would cross the river by the ferry and sell his game
In the Union market Otto asscute1 and made his
way along to the boot He missed the path, and
attempting TO reach the skill by following the bank
ofthe river, he plunged into black dlthy aud tena
cious quicksand His right leg went into the rnre
over lis knees at the first step and the other leg
followed IT, sinking up to the thigh before he under
stood he was in qua8ln!rc. lie tried
10 extricate himself, and could not. Both his legs
were tightly casped by the mud and moved not
an inch. lie shouted Tor help, heard no
reply, and then remembered that the nearest house
was two miles away. IL seemed 10 him that he was
sinking deeper in the auckland, and then It came
to his mind for tie first time that men had lost
their lives in such places ana their bodies had never
been found. He grew frantic and SCREENED nj The
top Of his voice and waved his arm about. beating
the mud and catching OF little roots and stones that
appeared in it, He tiled 10 move his fetterod legs
and found that his 10 ly up to his waist was dead
He was elapsed IN an embrace that knew no relay
ing. lie lost his senses His mind wandered lie
thought OF those he had left ut hone-his brother
who had just left him. He cried and feebly pat.
tered his hands in tho mud until his face was
streaked with it. Then the thought came 10
him suddenly that he was about to die by gufoca
ton and in agony oftcrror he fod his voice and
crleI for help again. Tie sky looked down upon
him clear and joyful, and Knocked him with its
cal,nness lie tried 70 Kill himself His shotgun
had been on his shoulder when lie stepped into The
auicksand and he looked around for IT, Intending
10 shoot himself II had sunk He continued 10
struggle and became insenslbe; but continued 10
utter cries OF distress IN his Inconsistencies. He
had fallen into the qucksand at nine O'Clock In
the morning. At four o'clock IN the aft9r.
noon negro boatman came rowing
along from Cahokla and heard him moaning He
pulled his baoi in and tried TO pull the hunter out
Of the mud Bertrand by this time had sunk 10 his
afnpits IN the quickand The negro saw that he
was unable 70 save the young man md rowed back
to Cahokla, four miles away where he got two
other men, When the boat got back 90 Bertrand he
had sunk until only his head and neck were Visible
and It was three hours before the three boatmen
could get hirn out of the mud. He was taken home
OF and put 10 bed and IS now rapidly recover.
ing.